NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Navy is preparing to send one if its premier diving teams to Georgia to help salvage a Confederate warship from the depths of the Savannah River. Before it ever fired a shot, ...
Introduction -- 1. Confederate naval activity in Europe: the first phase, 1861 -- 2. The first cruisers: January-July 1862 -- 3. The hope-filled era: first ironclad construction, July-December 1862 -- ...
Key point: The experience of the weaker Confederate Navy is illustrative for how smaller powers should, or should not, fight larger powers. Introduction Today the U.S. faces renewed global competition ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The names of two members of the Confederacy should be removed from buildings at the U.S. Naval Academy, the chairman of the academy’s Board of Visitors said Thursday. Rep. C.A ...
History and the rivers : the confluence of currents -- Such ability as you may have at hand : blockade and defense of Apalachicola, 1861-1862 -- A steam ship and no boat : the gunboat Chattahoochee -- ...